Shine (This Is It) ft. Nona Hendryx (Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca Erodiscomix Vocal)

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‘Shine (This Is It)’ is the first single from Soul Clap’s self-titled second album, a project that’s been four years in the making. An uplifting house music anthem, it features legendary vocalist Nona Hendryx and includes remixes from Dimitri From Paris and DJ Rocca aka Erodiscotique.

Nona Hendryx is an original member of the trio Labelle who’s smash single “Lady Marmalade” is a timeless classic. Her solo singles “Transformation” and “Do What You Wanna Do” from the 80’s are equally prolific to her work as a back-up vocalist for a laundry list of legendary acts including Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads and Peter Gabriel. There is magic contained in ‘Shine (This Is It)’ and the strength in Hendryx's vocal empowers our sprits and moves us on the dancefloor. Midnight Magic’s Morgan Wiley delivers an outstanding keyboard solo and fellow bandmate Jason Disu teams up with Kalí Rodríguez and No Regular Play’s Greg Paulus to form the Soul Clap horn section.

Remixes come courtesy of Erodicotique a collaboration between Dimitri From Paris, the esteemed French producer who gained huge exposure in the mid 90's for his Playboy Mansion mix series and Sacreblue album and DJ Rocca, the modern Italo Disco master. Their main vocal and dubstrumental renditions take us back to the piano driven, Italo House sound of the 90’s with a classic loon sample to prick the ears of the old school.

“Shine (This is It) started as an experiment using as many sounds from the Moog Sub37 as possible,’ explain Soul Clap, ‘We wanted to write something that felt as modern as it did retro, which is a typical frame of mind for us over here! It’s the big question how can you charge forward but always nod to the past? Shout out goes to Chuck “Tha Fonk” Fishman and Sa’D “The Hourchild” Ali from the Parliament-Funkadelic mob who put us in touch with Nona Hendryx. She was such a pleasure to work with and got into the groove of this record effortlessly.”

Starting out cutting their teeth in the early rave scene in Boston, Soul Clap soon found fame through a series of house edits and became household names through notable releases including a DJ Kicks alongside close allies Wolf + Lamb. Their funky electronic sound, called EFUNK, earned them honorary entry into the Parliament-Funkadelic family and a release with George Clinton. As DJs they have played around the world and back again, with residencies at legendary venues like DC10, Output and the Electric Pickle.

Soul Clap on Tour:
Saturday, September 10th - I FEEL LOVE - Brooklyn
Saturday, September 17th - Mi Casa Boat Party - New York
Friday, September 30th - District 8 - Dublin
Saturday, October 1st - Fabric - London
Thursday, October 6th - Jaeger - Oslo
Friday, October 7th - Chateau Motel - Copenhagen
Saturday, October 15th - Wall - Milan
Thursday, October 20th - Disco Dolly - Amsterdam
Saturday, October 22nd - Wintershuiven - Amsterdam
Friday, October 28th - Smart Bar - Chicago
Sunday, October 30th - Output - New York
Thursday, November 3rd - Stereo Bar - Montreal
Friday, November 4th - Electric Pickle - Miami
Saturday, November 5th - Flash - Washington DC
Thursday, November 10th - Q Nightclub - Seattle
Friday, November 11th - Los Globos - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 12th - It’ll Do Dallas - Dallas
Thursday, November 17th - Bang Bang - Seattle
Friday, November 18th - Habitat Living Sound - Calgary
Saturday, November 19th - Public Works - San Francisco
Wednesday, November 23rd - TV Lounge - Detroit
Saturday, November 26th - Ascend - Boston